Live By The Sword

Cross-posted on AO3.
"Do not apologize for your choices. You made your choices, Miss Victoria. It is the Protestant Bible that says, 'for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.'"
After over a year of trying to gain Integra's implicit trust without Alucard to mediate, Seras and Integra embark on what should be a simple mission to deal with another Alucard-copycat hoax. The mission becomes more than either of them bargained for, Integra must deal with the Hellsing family doctrine and her distrust of all the supernatural in order to defeat a shapeshifter before they can begin a legacy that should have ended over a hundred years ago.
Tags: Gonzo-inspired, dracula references, vampires, Shapeshifter, Blasphemy, integra's vampire-phobia, Internalized Homophobia, Flashbacks, Abusive Relationships, Captivity, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Hurt/Comfort, Slow Burn, this story has been a JOURNEY. inconsistent characterization, experimental story telling format, author describes cars like my immortal describes clothing, author's shameless self-projecting, Eventual Smut, Master & Servant